Don't know much about this forum, do ya? 
They buy them to make $$$$, spamming for BTC.
They buy them to make $$$$, spamming for BTC.Actually I do.
They buy them, because it's not possible to become Hero or Legendary member anymore.
Old account may have same amount of Merit as posts, but new account have 100 less Merit than posts.
This is because old users do not give Merit to new users.
Also new users rating don't matter, only rating of old users change the Trust of a member.
The whole system is based on cronyism.